Re: [Trisquel-users] Camera security at home with free software

2017-08-13 Thread gnuser 

Thanks everyone.
The stuff GNUUU suggested seems nice but pricy... As for usb cameras it will  
be hard to use with a long extension (I don't think usb camera witll work  
with a 10m cable). Thanks for the info jxself. I was wondering the same  
thing.


So, best option so far, how to input commands into an old smartphone with no  
touch? OTG is off limits because the android version doesnt support it.


Thanks.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Camera security at home with free software

2017-08-02 Thread pedrosilva 

https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/elphel-camera

http://www3.elphel.com/

https://www.raptorengineering.com/content/HDCAM/intro.html

Re: [Trisquel-users] Camera security at home with free software

2017-08-02 Thread matt . ivie 
Try using Zoneminder. It is in the repos and you can use capture cards with  
analog cams or IP cams that offer rtsp streams. I've run a few systems this  
way.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Camera security at home with free software

2017-08-01 Thread J.B. Nicholson 

gnu...@openmailbox.org wrote:
I have been thinking about getting a security camera to protect my house. 
At first I thought about using a wifi IP cam, there are a lot of them and 
they are cheap. However I am worried about them not working with GNU/Linux 
and requiring specific proprietary software. Other than that, even worse, 
the fact that I don't know if the camera has good security or a hacker who 
gets network access will get access to the camera images.


Given how poor the security is with standalone Internet-capable devices, 
you'd probably do better to get one or more USB webcams and connect them to 
a small computer which can route the webcam data to storage you control.


You'd also be able to pick webcams that work with a fully-free OS as well 
as a fully-free (or as free as any system can be made now) system. If I 
recall correctly, years ago someone spent a lot of time figuring out how 
many webcams work and wrote software to run them.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Camera security at home with free software

2017-08-01 Thread jason 
You should read the articles that Matthew Garrett posts.  
https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/


And, from reading what he posts, you should totally expect all embedded thing  
to have security holes (huge, major ones) that the manufacturer completely  
and totally ignores.


Or in other words: Don't get your hopes up.